Improvement in sheet-metal spoons



1 UNITED. STATES. YPATENT *Orme-E.

JAMEs ,FALLows oE-PELLADELPHIA, rnsnswa, Assrenon To Y PoETEE .a Boom; M

IMeROVEMENT IN 'SHEET-METAL sPooNs.

i `Specification forming 1part ofLetters Patent No. 48,164, dated June 413, 1865).

To all whomtt mayl concern: i Y cavity left open at the inner end of the handle '-Beitknownthat `I, JAMES FALLoWs, of the'l B', and the whole together then pressed be A city of Philadelphia, in'` the State of Pennsyltween dies made-for the purpose of'accurately Vania, haveinvented al certain 4new and us'eclosing'the joints and giving-the spoon or fort ful Improvement in Sheet-Metal Spoons; and its proper shape or set. Itis then taken out ant I do hereby declare thatthefollowing is a'full, dipped Vinto the melted vtin orl alloy, thus ce clear,and exact description of the same, referm'enting all the joints or `seams closely, an( encebeing had to the accompanying drawings, covering the whole with a brilliantcoat of thimaking a part of this specification, in whichmetal'. "Figure l is a Vertical longitudinal section, y For spoons or forks intended to be used ii and Fig. 2 a top View, 'of the said improved boiling oils or fats a small rivet, a2, is secure( spoon, Fig. 3 being'a transversesectiom in 'through the bowl and handle,`as indicated il thedotted linefcyfof. Fig. 2andflikeletters Fig. 2.' i r i of reference .indicating the' same parts when It will be readily understood that the pecu in the di'erentgures. l i liart'ormand construction ofthe handlede- The nature of my invention consists, 4sub?V scribed gives it great stiffness, and hence ai stantially as hereinafterdescribed,in 'makingy lows it to be made ot' thinner tin-plate than i the handle of a sheetmetal spoonlor fork of required f or the bowl, thus giving the articl Vtwo distinct piecesof comparativelythin sheetlightness with strength, and allowing the har iron or tin-plate by lappingthe Aedgesof the dle to be. more sharply and accurately ornz one piecev over upon the edges of the other, atmented by stamping in dies; Vand the par-'ts be taching the bowl thereto, and finally dipping ing all madefof sheet-iron or tin-plate and fixe the whole together into or passingit throfi gh permanently together before being dippet' melted tin or alloy ,so as to cementall the the latter operation can be performed withor joints securely together at one operation, and 'anydangerot'destroying or separatingthe sai at the same time thoroughly coverthel whole parts, which is a very important feature, bexterior surface of the article with a bright causethe stamping process deadens and in coat of the tin` or alloy, for-the purpose of pro-' pairs the brightness ofthe surface of tin-plat ducinga. light, cheap, strong, aud'more mcr-A I am aware that hollowr handles oi' shei chantable article of sheet metal. f metal` for knives and forks are old and wel In the drawings, A is the bowl ofthe spoon, known; but, having generally been made i u and B the bandiera" i f r sheet-zinc or soft-alloyblanks abutted arV `In constructingr my invention, I -take oomthen soldered together at their edges by a sc paratively thin tin-plate and cutout the blanks dering-tool, they could not be subjected to tl `for the handle B and compress them between rapidlyfnishing process of dippinghcrein d suitable dies, so as to give them any curved scribed. and ornamented form that may be desired, and I am aware, also, that spoons and spoon-ha at the Sametime turn' the edges of the wider dleshave each been madebefore of asingle pie' or upper side blank, b', inward to an angle of of tin or sheet-iron plate. Therefore I do n about ninety degrees, except at the bowl end. desire to claim, broadly, spoons or forks ha I then adjust the two distinct pieces of sheet ing hollowsheetmet'al handles, nor, broadl metal or blanks b and b2 together with their the making of spoon or fork handles 'of ti general convexV or' raised sides outward, and plate or sheet-iron; but, press the turned edges of the blank' b closely Having fully described my improved spol down eyer the edge of "the other, b2, as repreor fork, what I claimas new, and desire to s i sented i1 Fig. 3, thus securingthem tightly cure by Letters Patent, isandy permanently together and leaving a hol- A sheet-iron or tin-plate spoon or fork ha lowspacebetween. ing a hollow handle constructed and finish The blank for the bowl A, I usuallycut out substantially in themanner described, as of thicker sheetmetal. It -has a short projecimprovedv article of manufacture. i

tion or shank, c', left on its inner end. It is i JAMES FALLOWS. i stamped or formed up vbetween dies in the us- YVitnesses:

ual manner,and then attached to the hollow WM. STECK,

handle B by inserting its shank c' into the C. DREW. 

